Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 321 BC?

32 of the people we track were surely alive in 321 BC. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

Died in 321 BC: Perdiccas.

  1. Epicurus21–22
  2. Chanakya54–55
  3. Mencius49–54
  4. Theophrastus48–53
  5. Zhuang Zhou46–51
  6. Zeno of Citium11–16
  7. Chandragupta Maurya19–20
  8. Seleucus I Nicator37–38
  9. Pharnavaz I5
  10. Qu Yuan22
  11. Pytheas36–41
  12. Roxana24–26
  13. Apelles49
  14. Alexander IV of Macedon2
  15. Xenocrates75
  16. Olympias52–56
  17. Antigonus I Monophthalmus61–62
  18. Antiochus I Soter2–4
  19. Lysippos67–72
  20. Lysimachus32–40
  21. Cleanthes10–11
  22. Philip III of Macedon38
  23. Antipater76
  24. Aristoxenus37–42
  25. Agathocles of Syracuse40
  26. Cassander34
  27. Demetrius of Phalerum29–30
  28. Demetrius I Poliorcetes15–17
  29. Perdiccas43 or 44 †
  30. Strato of Lampsacus12–16
  31. Herophilos14
  32. Nearchus35

Where the people alive in 321 BC were born

The 32 best known of those alive in 321 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (27 of 32 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list